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Noi nu folosim dicționarul. Îl punem în dulap.

Noi nu folosim dicționarul. Îl punem în dulap.
We do not use the dictionary. We put it in the closet.
From Lesson 44:Direct object pronouns (îl, o, îi, le)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Noi nu folosim dicționarul. Îl punem în dulap.

Why do we use îl for "it" here instead of o?
Îl is the direct object pronoun for masculine and neuter singular words. Since dicționar is a neuter noun, we replace it with the masculine singular pronoun îl. If the object we were replacing was a feminine word, we would use o.
Why is the word dicționarul and not just dicționar?
In Romanian, the word for "the" attaches to the end of the noun. The base word is dicționar, and adding the definite article suffix -ul makes it dicționarul, which means "the dictionary".
Both folosim and punem mean "we" do something. Why does one end in -im and the other in -em?
They belong to different verb groups. The verb a folosi (to use) ends in -i, so its "we" form ends in -im. The verb a pune (to put) ends in -e, so its "we" form ends in -em.
The English translation says "in the closet", but în dulap doesn't have the "the" suffix -ul attached. Why?
In Romanian, when you use a short preposition like în (in) directly before a noun, you usually drop the definite article ("the"). Therefore, you just say în dulap, not în dulapul.

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